The Partisan was the newspaper published by the Peace And Freedom Party State Central Committee and was published regularly from 1994 to 2009.Past Events Archive
Boycott Israeli Ships and Goods!
Lift the Blockade NOW – Let Gaza Live!
Bring Down Israel's Apartheid Wall!
When: Sunday, June 20 at 5:30am(morning)
Where: Port of Oakland, Berth 57, Middle Harbor Road, Oakland
What: Protest Israel’s Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!
Contact: San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party, 415-637-3787
Unions, labor federations and other organizations around the world have condemned Israel's deadly attack against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on May 31, 2010. Nine people were killed and dozens seriously injured in the Israeli commando attack in international waters on ships attempting to bring humanitarian cargo to the suffering and blockaded people of Gaza. Six people aboard the ships are still missing and presumed dead.
Read more: 2010-06-20 Labor and Community Picket, Port of Oakland
Where: 9 Ross Valley Drive at 4th Street, San Rafael (First United Methodist Church)
What: Bay Area activist Gloria La Riva speaks on Cuba following her recent visit
Contact: Task for on the Americas, 415-924-3227 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Surprisingly, the change in administration in Washington has brought an intensification and sophistication of the US’s relentless siege on socialist Cuba. Foreign bank accounts have been seized and the screws have been tightened. At the same time, Cuba has been hit by a devastating series of hurricanes, which substantially destroyed homes, hospitals, power plants, and agriculture. The international financial crisis, starting on Wall Street, has impacted Cuba’s entry into world markets, creating one of its greatest challenges yet.
Gloria La Riva is the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for Congress in the 8th District (San Francisco). She is a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, director of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, and an official in the Northern California Media Workers Union. She has twice addressed May Day rallies in Havana.
This event is sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas. A $5-10 donation is requested. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Download the flyer here.
Striking Chinese Honda Transmission workers are fighting for wage parity at their plant. This rank and file strike is an important step for the Chinese workers in fighting back against the multi-nationals in China.
When: Tuesday, June 1, 4:00pm to 6:00pmWhere: San Francisco Honda 10 South Van Ness at Market
What: SF Rally-Speakout In Support Of Striking China Honda Transmission Workers
Contact: Peace and Freedom Party Labor Committee, 415-694-3605
Read more: 2010-06-01 Support Striking China Honda Transmission Workers Today, San Francisco
The students of the public university system in Puerto Rico are starting their fifth week of striking against cuts to public education. Many of the demands and issues they are fighting for are the same ones we have mobilized around in the fight to defend and expand public education in California .
When: Thursday, May 27, 12:10pm to 1:00pmWhere: Telegraph and Bancroft Streets, University of California , Berkeley
What: Solidarity Picket in support of the striking students and workers of Puerto Rico
Contact: Toni Mendicino, 415-730-2917 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Featuring live words via telephone from student strikers at the University of Puerto Rico!
These students are supported by workers organized by independent unions (C.P.T./Confederation of Puerto Rican Workers), Coordinadora Sindical and the AFL-CIO in the island nation.
They have been affected by the wave of privatization and cutbacks that globalization has brought on the workers and youth of the world. Over $100 million in funding has been cut from the University of Puerto Rico alone. This is part of a privatization drive that U.S. corporations and the colonial government are implementing, having already slashed close to 80,000 jobs in the public sector.
As a colony of the United States , young Puerto Rican men and women are being attacked by the same government leaders who are waging imperialist wars of aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan.
Come to support these strikers and demand that the governor of Puerto Rico and the UPR administration stop their repression and intimidation of this critical struggle. Also learn more about the historic fight to end the U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico and recognize the right of self-determination and independence for Puerto Rico.
Endorsed by the Student Worker Action Team; Campus Radical Women; Richard Mellor, member, Labor's Militant Voice and retired AFSCME 444; Jack Heyman, member ILWU, Local 10; and others-everyone welcome!
On Tuesday, May 25, President Obama is coming to the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco for a Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S. Senate, will hold a $1 per person juice and cheese fundraiser in front. Obama is set to arrive at 4:30. CARA and Single Payer now are planning to get there at 3:30. The tea baggers are sure to be there.
When: Tuesday, May 25 at 3:00pmWhere: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
What: Raise money for the Feinland for Senate campaign
Contact: Marsha Feinland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., (510) 845-4360
Please arrive by 3:00pm to catch the press as they are waiting around. Come with signs about the war, health care, whatever. Let's show support for Feinland for Senate!
